Well, when you lose the headquarters, 75% of upper management and 30% of your staff, I would guess that offsite backups of last weeks e-mail would be the least of your worries.
That sounds about right, as a 48x CDR burns at approx 7000 KB/Sec and a 4x DVDR Burns at approx 5500 KB/Sec so approx 4096 KB/Sec would be a good baseline all other factors being equal. I wouldn't mind the long burn times as long as I can reduce the size of the stacks of cds all over the place.
I would assume he is referencing having multiple "hot spares" esp since he mentioned having 3 drives fail recently. Even so, you only need one hot spare up at any given time to limit risk, and a RAID 51 solution will beat hot spares fairly effectively if reliability is your worst fear.
Ok, so you have an archive solution as well. A RAID will save you from hardware failure and will do that seamlessly. And Anyhoo, users don't usually notice "user failure" until months later after backups have expired anyway.
However, we are reaching a point where bandwidth will permit realtime polling and storage of stats. Cheatproofing as discussed in the article is possible, however, I don't recommend quiting if cheating is detected but instead resetting the client to the polled composite average. Or possibly even including damage. This will of course open up the floodgates for group cheating where a group of individuals hacks their clients to autokill enemies. SO, the ultimate fix must include random polling(to prevent gang up hacks), random remote storage, and encryption. This will prevent many cheats, but will do little or nothing to eliminate aim-bots etc which IMHO are just as big of a problem, but at this point, the client is still in the control of the "enemy" so partially insecure.
Well, that is because walmart doesn't have "security" and if security is needed it would be "Code XX to Department YY" Note, I have forgotten the number, but it is recognizable.
Another example, that I use every day, is Forte Agent. The "free" version is usable and functional, and allows you to use a 30 day trial of the advanced features, without holding hostage your data. And switches back to the "crippled" version if you don't buy.
Any car that uses less fuel is better from an enviromental point of view compared to one
that uses more , so yes it DOES make a difference that SUVs use twice as much fuel as compact cars.
So, since many SUVs hold more than twice as many people as many compact cars, they can be said to be less polluting? I'm sorry did I reign on your parade?
I am happy with my credit union, but there is a bank locally here, that will give you premium interest rates, free checking, and provide certain other benefits, if you never set foot back in their lobby. Of course if you accept this plan, you pay a $2-5(US) fee for using the tellers services.
So, when two kids are fighting, or one kid is hitting another, do you stand off to the side pleading with them/her to stop, or do you step in, stop them and keep them stopped?
On the subject of Heinlein, here is a favorite from a Heinlein fan.
To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated.-- Trefor Thomas True civilization is, as Heinlein put it,
War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing... but controlled and purposeful violence. But it's not your business or mine to decide the purpose of the control. It's never a soldier's business to decide when or where or how - or why - he fights; that belongs to the statesmen and the generals. The statesmen decide why and how much; the generals take it from there and tell us where and when and how. We supply the violence; other people - 'older and wiser heads,' as they say - supply the control. Which is as it should be. -- Sgt. Zim in Starship Troopers.
Typically, the differences, are more on the order of a New england textbook devoting two chapters to the Puritans, a Virginia textbook devoting those same two chapters to Pilgrims, and a Pennsylvania textbook to William Penn.
You do realize that for obscure, odd, or out of print items, that most libraries participate in an interstate Inter-library loan program where you can get books that aren't at your local library, sometimes free, sometimes for a nominal fee(postage both ways) So for really hard to find stuff, we do have a "national library system"
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Well, when you lose the headquarters, 75% of upper management and 30% of your staff, I would guess that offsite backups of last weeks e-mail would be the least of your worries.
That sounds about right, as a 48x CDR burns at approx 7000 KB/Sec and a 4x DVDR Burns at approx 5500 KB/Sec so approx 4096 KB/Sec would be a good baseline all other factors being equal. I wouldn't mind the long burn times as long as I can reduce the size of the stacks of cds all over the place.
I would assume he is referencing having multiple "hot spares" esp since he mentioned having 3 drives fail recently. Even so, you only need one hot spare up at any given time to limit risk, and a RAID 51 solution will beat hot spares fairly effectively if reliability is your worst fear.
Ok, so you have an archive solution as well. A RAID will save you from hardware failure and will do that seamlessly. And Anyhoo, users don't usually notice "user failure" until months later after backups have expired anyway.
You might want to look into ATA RAID solutions. I just built an ATA RAID 5 solution for less than $2 per Gigabyte.
We'll see this soon... does that mean before or after Duke Nukem Forever
However, we are reaching a point where bandwidth will permit realtime polling and storage of stats. Cheatproofing as discussed in the article is possible, however, I don't recommend quiting if cheating is detected but instead resetting the client to the polled composite average. Or possibly even including damage. This will of course open up the floodgates for group cheating where a group of individuals hacks their clients to autokill enemies. SO, the ultimate fix must include random polling(to prevent gang up hacks), random remote storage, and encryption. This will prevent many cheats, but will do little or nothing to eliminate aim-bots etc which IMHO are just as big of a problem, but at this point, the client is still in the control of the "enemy" so partially insecure.
Seconded on Go and Young Frankenstein(it's pronounced Fran ken steen)
Hackers 2 is a farcical, fictional account of the capture of Kevin.
And Hackers 1, while moronic was amusing.
The punk kid drowns.
So global warming will bring on the next ice age.... RIGHT! I like the way you think.
Last I checked, Pb was poisonous too. And since the occupants will be dead from the molten metal, they won't much care about the poison.
Well, that is because walmart doesn't have "security" and if security is needed it would be "Code XX to Department YY" Note, I have forgotten the number, but it is recognizable.
SATA drive and controllerHmmm... looks like you can, and for almost the same price as ATA133.
Another example, that I use every day, is Forte Agent. The "free" version is usable and functional, and allows you to use a 30 day trial of the advanced features, without holding hostage your data. And switches back to the "crippled" version if you don't buy.
Actually, I believe the original was "the Czech is in the male".
I am happy with my credit union, but there is a bank locally here, that will give you premium interest rates, free checking, and provide certain other benefits, if you never set foot back in their lobby. Of course if you accept this plan, you pay a $2-5(US) fee for using the tellers services.
So, you condemn the president for acting as you do. The two kids are Saddam and his citizens, and the president is you. Stepping up, and stopping it.
So, when two kids are fighting, or one kid is hitting another, do you stand off to the side pleading with them/her to stop, or do you step in, stop them and keep them stopped?
On the subject of Heinlein, here is a favorite from a Heinlein fan.
To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized, merely the domesticated.-- Trefor Thomas
True civilization is, as Heinlein put it,
War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing... but controlled and purposeful violence. But it's not your business or mine to decide the purpose of the control. It's never a soldier's business to decide when or where or how - or why - he fights; that belongs to the statesmen and the generals. The statesmen decide why and how much; the generals take it from there and tell us where and when and how. We supply the violence; other people - 'older and wiser heads,' as they say - supply the control. Which is as it should be. -- Sgt. Zim in Starship Troopers.
Typically, the differences, are more on the order of a New england textbook devoting two chapters to the Puritans, a Virginia textbook devoting those same two chapters to Pilgrims, and a Pennsylvania textbook to William Penn.
And of course, the production looks just as good as Matrix, SW1/2, or LotR. Right?
You do realize that for obscure, odd, or out of print items, that most libraries participate in an interstate Inter-library loan program where you can get books that aren't at your local library, sometimes free, sometimes for a nominal fee(postage both ways) So for really hard to find stuff, we do have a "national library system"
Except then you lose pinkie control for running. as the shift is right there under the pinkie.